Why There Are No Nurse Cafes
Tlxtftrf (obviously from Mars or somewhere very far away, anyway) commented on a recent post about the Mega Mac, “Wonder if they’ll put naughty nurses in McDonalds?” referring to the Heart Attack Grill in Arizona (where else?) and its famous Quadruple Bypass Burger, pictured here. That establishment, not surprisingly, has “nurses” for waitresses and wheelchairs on hand.
This raises the obvious issue of Nurse Cafes. So far as I can tell, there aren’t any. And there never will be (probably). Why?
The likely explanation is found on an obscure Japanese blog called Idolizing St. Anna. In a nutshell, unless you are very rich you don’t ordinarily have maids at home. But nurses are all over the place all the time. No novelty value there. This doesn’t explain the Office Lady Cafes, but still I think he’s hit the nail on the head here:
Maybe it is the first thing occurs one’s mind when he thinks about this problem. Maid cafe and other cosplay cafes are designed for just otakus, and their costumes have not been effective for the majority of Japanese. So, why don’t we make the more sexually attractive cosplay cafe for more wider audience?
Cosplayed nurse welcomes a guest saying, “How are you today?”, “Are there something wrong with you?” - it’s not bad. Maybe the sofa should be replaced with a steel bed. With the same reason, we can create High School Student Cafe, and Flight Attendant Cafe.
However, the problem of these realistic cosplay cafe is … well, we can make these fantasies come true with a little effort in reality. To meet nurses, you can pretend to be ill and go to hospital. High school students are living all around in this country. And if you want to be served a coffee from a flight attendant, you can ride on a vehicle named plane. I guess this is why this kind of cafe hasn’t been realized yet.
Wow! I made my own Japundit article, all this for me? And I am Time’s person of the year? I feel completely important now, in a completely irrelevant sort of way.
January 24th, 2007 at 3:20 amWell, you always put your finger insightfully right on the very pulse of these fundamental questions! It’s hard to imagine such a keen intellect that would immediately draw the parallel with the Quadruple Bypass Burger–which obviously puts the Mega Mac to shame. I still think “Tlxtftrf” sounds like a foreign name, though…
January 24th, 2007 at 3:32 amOkay maybe the naughty nurses are a little bit too close to home, but what about Pink Tacos presented by beautiful latina women in revealing suits, that’s rare in Japan, ne?
http://www.pinktaco.com/
As for my handle, it comes a mixture of my initials and a lame rap name I came up with when I thought I was going to be the next white rapper.
As for me being an alien, you know that you’ve been in Japan for too long when you have a handle like “Paul Nicholls” and you can still racially profile me from my current location in the state Codiene induced bliss (meaning of course I’m on on the verge of coughing myself to death), shame on you Paul and your xenophobic hatred of Pink Taco
January 24th, 2007 at 5:13 amI think Mexican restaurants are definitely rare in Japan although don’t really know–maybe someone does? The Pink Taco is in Arizona (again)! And they have one of those creepy little dogs on their home page! And it’s owned by a masked sumo wrestler? Well, I’m sure they would do well in Japan although I’ve never got to live there (yet)–Jupundit seems to think I’m in USA but actually am in Canada. You must have a cold if having cough syrup? We have many colds here in the Winter but I didn’t think they had them in Arizona at all???
January 24th, 2007 at 6:18 amThey aren’t that rare. I’ve been to a couple different mexican restaurents in Tokyo.
Maybe they aren’t terribly popular up north or in Kyushu but in Tokyo yeah they are all over the place.
January 24th, 2007 at 7:16 amI don’t live in Arizona, it’s too hot and I’m too poor to buy a house with a pool. I just knew about the quadruple bypass burger because I like to keep up on good American food. You know, the stuff that will kill you. Pink Taco was sued recently because a mother of 2 (I think) claimed her kids were scarred by the name. No I live in a more northern desert , in the hick town of Boise, Idaho. I know that by admitting this half of all the posters here will blink wildly trying to remember just where the hell I am, but with your superior Canadian educational skills, Paul, will remember Seattle’s retarded northwestern cousin.
But no one can talk anymore, our football team just beat the Oklahoma Sooners.
We also have our own claim to culinary fame in the Big Judd’s challenge were one or two people are served a two pound double hamburger (with another pound in toppings) and a pound of tater tots. If you can finish it in under ten minutes, the meal’s free. With the restaurant being located right next to BSU, their wall is covered with photographs of glassy, red eyed stoners beeming with glee.
Here’s some pictures
January 24th, 2007 at 8:06 amhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wookoow/355909151/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wookoow/355909153/
I don’t live in Arizona, it’s too hot and I’m too poor to buy a house with a pool. I just knew about the quadruple bypass burger because I like to keep up on good American food. You know, the stuff that will kill you. Pink Taco was sued recently because a mother of 2 (I think) claimed her kids were scarred by the name. No I live in a more northern desert , in the hick town of Boise, Idaho. I know that by admitting this half of all the posters here will blink wildly trying to remember just where the hell I am, but with your superior Canadian educational skills, Paul, will remember Seattle’s retarded northwestern cousin.
But no one can talk anymore, our football team just beat the Oklahoma Sooners.
We also have our own claim to culinary fame in the Big Judd’s challenge were one or two people are served a two pound double hamburger (with another pound in toppings) and a pound of tater tots. If you can finish it in under ten minutes, the meal’s free. With the restaurant being located right next to BSU, their wall is covered with photographs of glassy, red eyed stoners beeming with glee.
Here’s some pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wookoow/355909151/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wookoow/355909153/
Oh and its an ear nasal infection coupled with a bronchial infection
January 24th, 2007 at 8:07 amOne last post…I have now found a burger that puts all others to shame…the world record holders
From Clinton Station Diner I give you Zeus
http://www.clintonstationdiner.com/zeusburger.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thedarkangel/87403583/
and the Mt. Olympus
http://www.clintonstationdiner.com/mtolympusburger.htm
I hope you get to see Japan one day Paul,
January 24th, 2007 at 8:26 amI’ll find out if I get to within two weeks when a letter from the Jet Programme.
That’s a BIG hamburger! But the Quadruple Bypass Burger must still be bigger–taller if not wider than the JuddBurger? They both make a MC Mega mac look sick, though. I’ve been to Boise! The trick question is knowing that Moscow is the capital and it’s way up in the mountains where the potatoes are? In a previous life I used to be a professor and went all over the place making speeches like to the Idaho Library Association. I met the State Librarian and thought it would be like having an audience in the Oval Office–not in Idaho! But, coincidentally, they took me for lunch to Nampa, where the “real” Mexican restaurants are. It was authentic alright, right down to the pink cracked plastic glasses of water. But–they know where the really good food is. Later we went to a place in Boise and I was looking forward to the big Idaho USA steak. It was from Alberta. They drove me up the mountain at sunset–sure gets cold fast! And along the way people were practicing with real guns(?) And all those donkeys and especially llamas! Anyways, great place! How could those kids be “scarred” by Pink taco name? Take care of that otolaryngological problem you have–take codeine! Lots of it!
January 24th, 2007 at 8:30 amThe Mount Olympus Burger is surely the champion. Although similar in proportion to the JuddBurger unlike the more vertical-oriented Mega Mac and Quadruple Bypass–NO ONE could eat a whole one of those without taking some home? Hope you get to Japan and sure I will in 1-2 years! This site certainly makes one WANT to if they didn’t already, doesn’t it? Either that or listening to non-stop J-pop 12 hours/day is beginning to rot my brain?
January 24th, 2007 at 8:37 amMispelled something again as usual. That should be: “otorhynolaryngological” (ear NOSE and throat?) and also forgot to say that codeine is even more effective when taken with lots of scotch.
January 24th, 2007 at 8:41 amYeah, we noticed you messed that up.
January 24th, 2007 at 10:54 amby the way Boise is the capital of Idaho, Moscow just has a huge State University
January 26th, 2007 at 7:52 am